Kandy (Kendy)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Erfurt Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Kandy (Kendy)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 29 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1946 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1975
Death reason:	disease: food poisining
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Erfurt Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

	Erfurt Zoo from Circus Aeros

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Kandy (Kendy) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1975 at Erfurt Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as food poisining.

Origin

Kandy (Kendy) was born wild 1946.

Comments / pictures

1961-04-08: Was almost run over by train during loading in Luckenwelde, the train driver succeeded to stop the train only 10 meter from the elephant.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kandy (Kendy), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Erfurt Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5355. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Birth and death year, death cause: Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
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